Amends the definition of "adult" for purposes of the Indiana Code to include: (1) a married minor who is at least 16 years of age; and (2) a minor who has been completely emancipated by a court; subject to specific constitutional and statutory age requirements and health and safety regulations that remain applicable to the person because of the person's age. Raises the minimum age to marry from 15 years of age to 17 years of age. Provides that an individual 17 years of age may marry only if: (1) the individual's intended spouse is not more than four years older than the individual; (2) a juvenile court has issued an order allowing the individual to marry; and (3) the individual: (A) completes any premarital counseling required under the order; (B) applies for a marriage license not earlier than 15 days after the order is issued; and (C) includes a certified copy of the order with the individual's application for a marriage license. Repeals provisions requiring an individual less than 18 years of age to obtain consent to marry from the individual's parent or guardian. Specifies a process an individual 17 years of age must follow to petition a juvenile court for an order allowing the individual to marry, and specifies conditions necessary for approval of the petition and conditions requiring denial of the petition. Provides that a court that issues an order allowing an individual 17 years of age to marry must also issue an order completely emancipating the individual. Amends the list of records or documents an individual may submit to a court clerk as proof of the individual's date of birth for purposes of applying for a marriage license. Amends the law regarding petitions by minors for emancipation as follows: (1) Provides that a court hearing a minor's petition for emancipation must appoint a guardian ad litem for the minor. (2) Provides that the guardian ad litem shall investigate the statements contained in the minor's petition and file a report of the investigation with the court. (3) Provides that a court may grant a minor's petition for emancipation only if the court finds that emancipation is in the child's best interests. (4) Provides that if the court completely emancipates the child: (A) the child has all the rights and responsibilities of an adult; and (B) the emancipation order may not specify terms of emancipation. Provides that an emancipated child remains subject to: (1) Indiana law concerning minimum age for marriage; and (2) other specific constitutional and statutory age requirements applicable to the emancipated child because of the emancipated child's age. Specifies certain provisions concerning the relocation of a child. Makes conforming amendments.
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION honoring Indiana University in recognition of its Bicentennial Anniversary on January 20, 2020.
Requires a juvenile court to transmit certain findings to the office of judicial administration for transmission to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) upon a finding of delinquency for an act that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult. Allows a court to consider the following factors when evaluating a petition to expunge certain juvenile adjudications: (1) Whether a person has been charged with or convicted of murder or another felony offense as an adult. (2) Whether a person has ever been waived to adult court for an offense. (3) Whether a person has ever received a nonsuspendable sentence as a juvenile. (4) Whether the person has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act while armed with a firearm that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult. (5) Whether the person: (A) is currently suffering from a mental health issue; (B) has an ongoing or chronic mental health issue; (C) has received or is receiving treatment for a mental health issue; or (D) is complying with a treatment regimen recommended by a mental health professional, if applicable. Prohibits a court from expunging certain records in the absence of a petition requesting the expungement. Requires a court to transmit certain court orders to the office of judicial administration when granting a petition requesting the expungement of certain juvenile records. Provides that a person who: (1) has been adjudicated a delinquent child for the commission of an act while armed with a firearm that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult; (2) has not had the juvenile adjudication expunged; and (3) knowingly or intentionally possesses a firearm; commits unlawful possession of a firearm by a dangerous person, a Class A misdemeanor. Specifies that the offense is enhanced to a Level 4 felony if the person has a prior unrelated conviction for the offense. Provides that a person who has been adjudicated a delinquent child for committing an act while armed with a firearm that would be a serious violent felony if committed by an adult is not a proper person for the purpose of receiving a license to carry a handgun. Beginning January 1, 2021: (1) requires the office of judicial administration to collect, monitor, and publish certain statistics related to the confiscation and retention of firearms taken from dangerous individuals; and (2) requires a court to provide certain information to the office of judicial administration after issuing a finding concerning a person's dangerousness. Allows the office of judicial administration to provide certain information to a law enforcement agency for the purposes of handgun licenses. Provides that a person who makes a false report that another person is dangerous, for purposes of seizure and retention of firearms proceedings, knowing the report or information to be false, commits false informing, a Class B misdemeanor. Defines certain terms. Makes conforming amendments.
Honoring Ann Naughton.
Eliminates the following deadlines concerning net metering: (1) July 1, 2022, the latest date that a net metering tariff must be available to an electricity supplier's customers. (2) July 1, 2032, the latest date that customers who began participating in net metering after December 31, 2017, must be served under a net metering tariff. (3) July 1, 2047, the latest date that customers who were participating in net metering on December 31, 2017, must be served under a net metering tariff. Requires the utility regulatory commission to amend rules to: (1) provide that the net metering facility nameplate capacity that an electric utility makes available for customers' participation in net metering must be at least 1.5% of the electric utility's most recent summer peak load; and (2) require that at least 40% of the net metering facility nameplate capacity made available for customers participating in net metering must be reserved for participation by residential customers. Eliminates the requirement that 15% must be reserved for participation by customers that install net metering facilities using organic waste biomass.
Provides that when a taxpayer is owed $100,000 or more as the result of a real property tax assessment appeal, the county auditor may, in installments and over a period of not more than five years: (1) apply credits to future property tax installments for the property; or (2) issue a refund.
Establishes the school bus safety equipment grant fund (fund), administered by the department of education, to provide grants to school corporations seeking to purchase or equip school buses and special purpose buses with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts or, if recommended by the state school bus committee, other proven safety equipment. Provides that a governing body may apply for a grant from the fund in an amount equal to 50% of the cost of purchasing or equipping a school bus or special purpose bus with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts or other safety equipment. Requires a governing body seeking to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus to request information concerning the cost of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Requires the governing body to hold a public hearing on the costs and benefits of purchasing a school bus or special purpose bus with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts before voting on whether to purchase a school bus or special purpose bus equipped with 3-point lap and shoulder safety belts. Allows a school corporation to use a portion of a grant from the safe schools fund or the secured school fund toward purchase or equipping school buses and special purpose buses with safety equipment. Requires each occupant of a school bus or special purpose bus that has a 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt to have the 3-point lap and shoulder safety belt properly fastened about the occupant's body at all times when the bus is in motion. Provides for an exception to the laws concerning other types of passenger restraint systems.
Allows the judges of the Hamilton circuit and superior courts to jointly appoint an additional magistrate to serve the Hamilton County courts.
Recognizing FIRST Indiana Robotics and FIRST Indiana Robotics teams.
Defines "consent" for an offense involving a sex crime. Provides that a person commits rape if the person engages in sexual activity with another person and the other person: (1) has not given consent; or (2) submits to the sexual activity under the belief that the person committing the act is someone the victim knows, other than the person committing the act, and such belief is intentionally induced by any artifice, pretense, or concealment practiced by the person.